If the player does so, a screen will pop up listing all the Mini Battles, along with a 2-player version (removed in Super Mario Advance 3) of Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest and a 4-button Throwing Balloons mode. In single-player, Throwing Balloons can either be played so that a 4-button or 6-button combination (indicated by the icon) is required to throw the balloon.

In Yoshi's New Island, the Ground-Pound Pop minigame was based on the Popping Balloons Mini Battle.